Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2017-53
| Common name: |
Tennessee Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Oreothylpis peregrina |
| Date: | 9/10/17 |
| Time: | 4:35 pm |
| Length of time observed: | Approx. 30 seconds |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Sex: | Unknown |
| Location: | 3570 South Chippewa Road, West Valley City, Utah |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | Unknown |
| Elevation: | 4,300 |
| Distance to bird: | 8-12 Feet |
| Optical equipment: | Naked birding |
| Weather: | Lightly overcast |
| Light Conditions: | Good |
| Description: Size of bird: | Approximate size of Orange crowned warbler, maybe slightly shorter. |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Shape of orange crowned warbler with shorter tail |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Green above with yellow-green chest and belly and white undertail coverts. |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Short and pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
This bird had a greener back than the orange crowned warblers seen before and
after this bird. It also had white under tail coverts and a shorter tail. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | None exhibited. |
| Behavior: | Hopping through apricot tree feeding on grapes growing there. |
| Habitat: | My backyard, mature landscape and well planted for bird use. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Greener on back than orange crowned warbler with white under tail coverts. Also shorter tail. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Seen previously in September of last year. |
| References consulted: | Kaufman's field guide to birds of North America, Stokes guide. |
| Description from: | Notes taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Darren R. Hall |
| Observer's address: | 3570 South Chippewa Road West Valley City, Utah |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | N/A |
| Date prepared: | 10/01/17 |
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| Additional comments: |